Two Indian astronauts will soon start training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, with one of them flying to the ISS on an upcoming private astronaut mission.
  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Both of the astronauts, called Gaganyatris by ISRO, had completed ISRO’s own training program for spaceflight that included time at the Star City training center in Russia.

    Neat, so we’ve got:

    • USA: Astronaut
    • Russia: Cosmonaut
    • China: Taikonaut
    • India: Gaganyatris

    Any other countries with special names for space-people?

    • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      The docking port schedule will be fun if they can’t get rid of Starliner soon.

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      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        ISRO said that Shukla had been assigned to the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission to the station, while Nair will train as his backup.

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        Wow, I didn’t expect ISRO astronauts to be flying as early as November. That’s awesome!

        Do you think we’ll see Gaganyaan dock to the ISS before the ISS is retired? It would be cool if the US does seat swaps like they do with Soyuz.

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Honestly I think it’s a testament to our civilization’s level of space achievement that a 7-day mission turned into a 60-day mission and it’s not that big a deal.

      It’s just cool that we have the infrastructure to support an unexpected 10x mission duration.